Short-term trends in dementia prevalence in Germany between the years 2007 and 2009

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-299

  Doblhammer, Gabriele ^a,b,c,d   Fink, Anne ^b,d   Fritze, Thomas ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Medical claims data; Prevalence; Time trends; Total population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; GERMANY; NURSING HOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925938673     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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